UNIVERSITY
OF SANTO TOMAS

ESPAŅA AVENUE, SAMPALOC, MANILA

We have the honor and pleasure to invite you to the 22nd Annual
Conference of the Manila Studies Association, Inc., to be held on August 27-29, 2013 (from 8:00-5:00 p.m. both days) at the
Thomas Aquinas Research Complex (TARC) Auditorium, University of Santo Tomas, Sampaloc, Manila. This year's conference is
co-sponsored with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) - Committee on Historical Research, the Department
of History, University of Santo Tomas, and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), and will present
papers on Manila studies highlighting various aspects of Manila’s history and culture, as well as studies on national
history. This year 2013 is the 150th Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio and the MSA Conference is in commemoration
of his Sesquicentennial. The program will be posted in the website: http://pnhsi.tripod.com.

The conference sharing fee is P2,500.Participants will be provided with a conference kit to include the conference program, abstracts and conference papers
(in CD), complimentary MSA publication, and lunch and two meriendas for the first two days of the conference.On the third day, there will be an educational tour of the University of Santo Tomas Museum and Archives.
We would also like to invite you to visit the exhibit, “Manila at the Turn of the 20th Century,” at
the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in Intramuros during History Month in August. The exhibit is sponsored by
the Philippine National Historical Society (PNHS), the Manila Studies Association, and the NCCA, and is in celebration of History Month in August.

Please
use this letter of invitation for the purpose of obtaining institutional support from your school or agency to enable you
to participate in this conference.

In Celebration of
History Month and
Commemoration of the Andres Bonifacio Sesquicentennial (Bonifacio@150)Sponsored
by the Philippine National
Historical Society, Manila Studies Association, and National Commission for
Culture and the Arts – Committee on Historical Research Collection of Bernardita Reyes Churchill,
provided by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. and the Philippine
Arts, Letters and Media Council, Washington, D.C